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<p>If <span class="process-math">\(g(x)=0\text{,}\)</span> (3) is called <dfn class="terminology">homogeneous</dfn>, otherwise, it is <dfn class="terminology">non-homogeneous</dfn>. In this section, we consider</p>
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p(x)=b,\quad q(x)=c,
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<p class="continuation">where <span class="process-math">\(b, c\)</span> are constants, i. e.,</p>
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y^{\prime \prime}+b y^{\prime}+c y=0.\tag{3.1.3}
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